Thirty days is just about the right amount of time to add a new habit or subtract a habit — like watching the news — from your life.

Source: "Try Something New for 30 Days." Mar. 2011. TED2011. Conference Presentation. Additional Information: This quote is from technologist Matt Cutts' 2011 TED Talk in which he offers an innovative new way to think about goals. The quote is a fact Cutts presents in the Talk: that one month is the amount of time it takes to make a small lifestyle change. In his short TED Talk, Cutts challenges the audience to try something new for thirty days, and also talks about his own experience with thirty-day challenges. Watch the full TED Talk here: Matt Cutts - Try Something New for 30 Days

“Try Something New for 30 Days.” Mar. 2011. TED2011. Conference Presentation.